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Monza is the only ultra-fast circuit of the
whole championship, and it requires a
particular one-off aero package.
In reality the previous race in Spa has
some common elements with the Italian
one, in terms of long straight. For this
reason we have to say that many teams
used Spa as a sort of test bench, in practice,
to test the aero developments that were
due to be introduced in Monza. This in
fact was the case for Ferrari. The Italian
team had for long time planned an huge
aero development for the Belgian GP,
also keeping the new rear suspension
introduced at Silverstone. After the first
practice, back-to-back comparison showed
the new package to be not so competitive
as expected, hence Ferrari decided to not
use it, going back to the previous one, with
a standard rear suspension.
In Monza, the Italian team, had the Spa
package working properly, and was pretty
confident of achieving a good race pace
and even a single lap performance. In
other words, the performance shown in
Monza was exactly the maximum possible
with a mix of old aero package and
specific refinements to cope with the low
downforce configuration . The car sported
a revised rear wing that featured revised
endplates. Due to the fact that the main
profile has an higher position in Monza,
these featured only two slits instead of
the standard three used in the previous
race. Furthermore, the lower profile was no
longer straight, instead featured a sinuous
layout. These elements helped in terms of
reducing the drag on the long straights.
Another team that was particularly active
in terms of aero development was Red Bull.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit continued
with its Belgium –introduced ‘recovery
package’, designed during the summer
break, that resulted particularly efficient in
Monza.
Monza was not expected to be the best
track for the RB7, but they were able to
overcome this problem, with introduction
of a revised front wing sporting two
additional winglets – not important in
terms of additional downforce, but more
crucial in terms of flow management
towards the rear wing. In this way they
were able to reduce the drag on the long
straights even when the DRS was not
activated.
Mercedes too also brought a Monza-
specific package, keeping the momentum
in terms of aero development since Spa.
The front wing introduced in Belgium was
deeply revised for Monza, keeping some
common points with the previous version.
The additional upper profile over the main
one featured a single element instead of
the two seen in Belgium, plus the main flap
now returned to a standard adjustment
system with the flap sporting a triangular
extension towards the rear edge. This
solution was coupled with a low-downforce
configuration of the rear wing featuring a
very narrow chord main profile.
Technical Update: Italian GP
The super-high-speed Monza circuit requires a unique set-up, as GPWEEK
Technical Editor Paolo Filisetti explains
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